pomonic

Some gallery god once cast an apple at John Kemble while he was stalking through one of the stateliest scenes in Coriolanus. He came down to the foot-lights, holding the pomonic missile in his hand, appealed to the kind consideration of a British audience, and concluded , amidst great applause , by offering a reward of fifty pounds for the discovery of the tasteless malefactor.

1871, Olive Logan, The Mimic World, and Public Exhibitions, page 487

Now an apple orchard is a cheerful place; it is spangled with clover; its fruit is of all colors but indigo; it has robins and sparrows; its sturdy arms extend over you in a sort of pomonic benediction and invite you to perch in the Seek-no-further.

1878, Benjamin Franklin Taylor, Between the Gates, page 263